Dear Larry,
Today's U.S. Supreme Court decision in Harris v. Quinn may cost our states most powerful union—the SEIU—$40 million per year.
In the case of Harris v. Quinn,
the U.S. Supreme Court today issued a 5-4 ruling stating that home
healthcare workers in Illinois should not be considered full-fledged
state employees and thus cannot be compelled to either join a union or
pay representation fees to one.
Like Illinois, home healthcare workers in Washington are currently represented by unions, including:

Service Employees International (SEIU) 925, which has represented 12,000 early learning family childcare providers since 2005; and,

Presumably the court's action on Monday means those employees could
now be permitted to opt out of union participation altogether - a
scenario that could devastate the SEIU if employees here react as they
have in other states by opting out in droves.
The Freedom Foundation's legal team, which now includes former state
Supreme Court Justice Jim Johnson, is analyzing how to force SEIU and
the Governor in our state to comply with today's ruling.
It will likely take litigation. If you know of anyone who falls into
the following categories, please encourage them to get in touch with Max
Nelsen at the Freedom Foundation (360) 956-3482.

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized the forced unionization of
home healthcare workers for what it is -- a 'scheme' designed to fill
union coffers at the expense of workers' First Amendment rights. SEIU
775, which represents individual home healthcare providers in
Washington, and other unions representing what the court called 'partial
public employees,' should immediately do the right thing and allow
workers to choose for themselves whether to support union activity.

If SEIU does not comply with the law of the land,
you have my word that the Freedom Foundation will do whatever it takes
to protect workers from forced unionization.

RE: 2 ballot measures on the November ballot by us -- voters get to vote on the Legislature's 2 tax increases

In 2007, voters passed our Initiative 960. In 2012, voters renewed its
policies by passing our Initiative 1185. One of the
initiatives' protections guarantees the citizens' right to vote on tax
increases unilaterally imposed by the Legislature.

What are the best things about this policy? First and foremost, I-1185'stax advisory votes educate the voters on which taxes were increased and how much they'll cost, allowing the voters' pamphlet to serve as a tax increase report card. Next, they give the voters the chance to tell legislators whether the people
support or oppose each tax increase. And best of all, each tax
advisory vote requires 2 pages in the voters pamphlet listing how each
legislator voted on each tax increase and their contact information.

We wish the Legislature hadn't imposed any tax increases this year. But at least with AV #8 and AV #9,
the voters will learn which taxes were increased, how much they'll
cost, identify which legislators voted yay and nay, and let the people
express their support or opposition to each tax increase.

What is the origin and rationale for this policy?Our state Constitution gives the people the absolute guaranteed right to referendum which means the citizens are allowed to collect voter signatures and put on the ballot any bill that the Legislature passes into law.In short, it gives voters the right to veto any bill.Nonetheless,
the Legislature has mastered the art of negating the people's
constitutional right to referendum by slapping "emergency clauses" on
bills. Emergency clauses make the bills "referendum proof." The most consistent example of this abuse involves bills raising taxes.

It is a gross injustice that the Legislature routinely gets away with
(there was the "emergency" gas tax increase in 2005, the "emergency"
death tax in 2005, the "emergency" soda pop tax in 2010, the "emergency"
candy tax in 2010).

To address this egregious violation of our rights, the voters passed our Initiative 960. Our first experience with I-960's tax advisory votes happened in 2012. The 2012 Legislature imposed 2 tax increases so Advisory Votes #1 and #2 appeared on the November 2012 ballot.57% of voters rejected the bank tax and 55% of voters rejected the oil company tax.

In 2012, almost 2/3 of voters approved our Initiative 1185 and it renewed this public vote requirement for tax increases.

In 2013, the Legislature imposed 5 tax increases so there were Advisory
Votes #3, #4, #5, #6, and #7 on the November 2013 ballot. Voters
opposed some and narrowly supported others.

In 2014 (this year), the Legislature imposed 2 tax increases. That means there will be 2measures on the November ballot as a result: Advisory Vote #8 and Advisory Vote #9.

It's a huge victory that voters get to vote on these 2 tax increases.

Now back to I-1325: the deadline is Thursday. Make sure to mail in your petitions TODAY.

And please contribute TODAY so this initiative effort is a success. Send
us a donation for $10, $25, $50, $100, $250, $500, $1000, $2500, $5000
or more (there are no limits on how much can be given). You can make a
secure PayPal / VISA / MC contribution by going to our website -- www.VotersWantMoreChoices.com -- OR, you can print this form,
fill it out, and return it with a check or credit card information.
Either way, please send in your most generous donation RIGHT NOW. And
please consider a monthly contribution. This initiative effort will be
hard, but it will be worth it!

I met Owen a couple of years ago at a Pro-2nd Amendment Rally at our State Capital. He got me to join his Meet Up Group, the "South Sound Pistoleros" and has invited me to IDPA (International Defensive Pistol Association) shooting matches several times. I FINALLY was able to make it to one last Saturday. It turned out to be a "Classifier Match". Rules require contestants to have shot in at least one prior regular match. So, I was not able to shoot but I stayed for the match anyway and enjoyed watching the shooters go through the strings in the three sets of the match. They fired a total of 90 rounds each. It looks like something I would really enjoy. I took some video of the technique used by some of the shooters and will try and post them here.

The Lord's Baptist Church

11102 Yakima Avenue South

Tacoma, WA. 98444

God has blessed
us over the years since TLBC was organized. We organized five churches
directly through this local church. We presently have a full time
Missionary working under the authority of TLBC in Ireland. Come worship
with us as we renew our strength in the Lord and PRAY for us if you can
not join in and meet with us locally.

Pastor: Larry J. Killion

For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Latest News:

Afternoon Service: 1:30PM Afternoon Service was canceled today due to no congregation.

***
9 in attendance in the morning service.
No first time visitors today. We announced the cancelation of the
services NEXT Lord's Day, July 6, 2014 due to the fact that most of the
congregation will be attending the Bible Conference in Naples, Idaho at
the Bible Believers Baptist Church. ==================================================

Friday, June 27, 2014

This Issue: One-Year
Anniversary of Senate passing amnesty -- As prospects in the House dim,
Pressure on Administration to circumvent enforcement mounts

It's
been exactly one year since the Senate passed S.744, the
Schumer-Rubio-Obama amnesty bill, granting legal status and work permits
to more than 11 million illegal aliens and doubling legal immigration,
but your tireless efforts have kept it from passing through the House and becoming law!

After
the Senate vote, the mainstream media wasn't asking "if", but rather
"when" would the House pass "comprehensive immigration reform". GOP
House Leadership was eager to appease, thinking amnesty would help them
at the polls.

But
against all the odds, you stepped up your efforts, and 365 days later,
Congress is no closer to passing a blanket amnesty. In fact, just
yesterday, Amnesty champion Rep. Luis Gutierrez took to the House floor
to proclaim the end of any hopes of reform this year and demand that
Pres. Obama take matters into his own hands.

S.744
lives for another 6 months, and make no mistake, House Speaker John
Boehner would like nothing more than to satisfy his big business donors
by giving them the amnesty and foreign-worker increases they so dearly
desire. But while we continue to dissuade House Leaders from taking
action, we can't turn our backs on the complete and total disregard for
our nation's immigration laws by the Obama Administration. The situation
on the Southern border worsens
every day, and with House action becoming more unlikely, the pressure
from pro-amnesty activist groups to halt all deportations and open up
our borders continues to mount on Pres. Obama.

Over
the last two weeks, the Administration has tried to establish
facilities across the country to house the thousands of illegal aliens
that have illegally crossed the border in recent weeks. Citizens in
Virginia, Illinois, and Southern California have already blocked these
efforts. But where will the Administration look next? Reports are
surfacing that refugee centers in Michigan are prepping for a massive
influx of illegal aliens, but the center's administrators are being
instructed to not comment on the numbers. There's also word that
officials are eyeing a facility on Long Island, but even Democratic Rep.
Steve Israel spoke out against the plan.

Earlier this week, we asked you to contact your three Members of Congress
and tell them that you didn't want the border crisis brought to your
state. You responded in droves and it appears to be working as
Congressmen from both parties resist the efforts.

The
Administration says the housing of illegal aliens across the country is
only temporary as newly-arrived illegal aliens await their court dates
and possible deportation. But, despite those claims by the
Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials told the
House Judiciary Committee earlier this week that 87% of individuals who
had been issue "Notices to Appear" over the last 5 years are still in
the United States awaiting their processing, making removal for the most
recent illegal border crossers highly unlikely.

CIS: ALL JOB GAINS SINCE 2000 HAVE GONE TO IMMIGRANTS

All net job gains since 2000 in the United States have gone to immigrant workers, according to a new study from the Center for Immigration Studies.
Using government data, the study found that the number of working
immigrants (both legal and illegal) has increased by 5.7 million since
2000, but the number of working native-born Americans has decreased by
127,000 over the same period.

The
study also found that native-born Americans accounted for two-thirds of
all population growth since 2000, causing the number of working-age
Americans not in the labor force to increase by 17 million from 2000 to
2014.

The findings confirm
that high levels of immigration do have a negative impact on employment
levels for native-born Americans. It also contradicts arguments made by
open-border groups that increased immigration creates jobs for American
workers.

CIS issued the study to coincide with the one-year anniversary of S.744 passing in the Senate.

Also today, Gallup released a new survey
finding that the plurality of Americans support lower immigration
levels. In fact, the survey found that across all three political groups
-- Republicans, Independents, and Democrats -- more Americans support
lowering immigration levels than increasing them. We've posted new faxes to your three Members of Congress telling them about both the CIS study and the poll.

URGENT ACTION ALERT:
There is no doubt Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) won the Mississippi
primary run-off by both abandoning the Republican base and by courting
black Democrats with racist lies about Tea Party-supported, conservative
principle-touting candidate State Senator Chris McDaniel.

There is also no doubt that
$250,000 campaign donation to help buy Democrat votes for desperate GOP
six-term Establishment incumbent Thad Cochran, billionaire anti-gun
fanatic former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ALSO bought himself a
new gun-grabbing ally in the Senate – 'cause that's just how the big
boys roll…

Cochran has already
voted several times WITH Harry Reid when it comes to gun control; he
supported Joe Biden's gun control bill. He has also supported measures
to OVERRIDE STATE LAWS UPHOLDING and PROTECTING our constitutional right
to keep and bear arms.

But NOW you can bank on it. Bought and paid for, Cochran is no longer a "maybe" vote… He is a CERTAIN vote for gun control.

While McDaniel is challenging
Cochran's win on the backs of misinformed and exploited minority
Democrats, we are playing whack-a-mole against the onslaught of
rights-violating measures being falsely promulgated as "common sense"
regulation. These are IN FACT dangerously anti-Second Amendment acts of
legislation whether coming from our States, Capitol Hill OR the United
Nations – and they are FORBIDDEN by our Constitution.

What Did Barack Not-A-Smidgen-Of-Corruption Obama Know And When Did He Know It? That's the question we should all be
asking. It's clear that someone is stonewalling because emails do not
simply disappear from cyberspace. If Lois Lerner, or her subordinates,
sent emails to Eric Holder's Department of Justice (DOJ) or the White
House,
then the DOJ and the White House have those emails; individual hard drive crashes are moot,
those emails exist in MULTIPLE places on a broad range of government computers, servers and backups.

And if those emails are truly lost, that simply adds further proof to the contention that
a
massive conspiracy across multiple government agencies and offices is
presently taking place right under our noses... a conspiracy designed to
protect certain Obama appointees... a conspiracy designed to protect
certain liberal Members of Congress... and a conspiracy designed to
protect perhaps even Barack Obama himself.

Don't take our word for it. Brad Jensen, the owner of Electronic Storage Corp and an expert on data storage and recovery says:
"There
should be multiple backups over time of the emails in question. ... The
persons who sent email to Lerner or received emails from her will also
be backed up. Basically the court could set up a special master to
review thousands of government email accounts collecting emails to and
from Lois Lerner. The apparent attempt by the government to hide these
emails from Congress and possibly the courts justifies this. ... This is
not a lot of work."

At the very least, we'll likely find obstruction of justice... and we'll
likely find out that the destruction of evidence may still be going on
at this very moment.
Worse, what's contained in those emails could be even more
damning than what we already know… Namely, that the IRS engaged in the
systematic, illegal and tyrannical abuse of conservatives who oppose the
radical agenda of Barack Obama.

James Taranto with the Wall Street Journal writes: "The missing emails could be crucial in determining the
degree to which other agencies and politicians directed or cooperated
with the IRS's efforts to suppress opposition to President Obama.
'Frankly, these are the critical years of the targeting of conservative
groups that could explain who knew what when, and what, if any,
coordination there was between agencies,' said [Congressman Dave] Camp.
'Instead, because of this loss of documents, we are conveniently left to
believe that Lois Lerner acted alone.'"

National Review Online goes a step further: "We
have no doubt that Lois Lerner’s hard drive has in fact been
compromised. We'd be shocked if it hadn't been. Goodness knows what else
is being done with evidence while Congress proceeds at its customary
majestic pace.
The question here is not only the crime that has been committed but whether there is a crime in progress."

Use
the hyperlink below to send your urgent Blast Faxes to each and every
Member of the Republican Leadership and the 50 Tea Party Members in the
United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. Or
alternatively, send your urgent Blast Faxes to each and every Republican
Member of the United States Senate and the United States House of
Representatives.

Justice James Johnson, who
stepped down from the Washington State Supreme Court on April 30 citing
health concerns, will be joining a new team he believes reflects his
values.

Johnson has accepted a post as
senior fellow with the Freedom Foundation, an Olympia-based nonprofit,
nonpartisan think and action tank promoting free markets, limited
government and greater transparency.

"I've
traveled all over the world," Johnson said, "and I've seen enough
government systems to know what works and what doesn't work. And what
doesn't work is the sort of one-party, government-knows-all system
Washington state has lived under for too many years of its history.

"I believe our constitution was
written to protect the people against infringement on their freedom -
including from the government -- not to empower any one party or
political ideology," he said. "The Freedom Foundation does more than any
other organization in Washington to advance those same goals and
promote a robust, open debate about our state's future. I'm proud to
lend my voice to the cause."

Johnson was first elected to
the Washington State Supreme Court in 2004. He is a life-long
Washingtonian, born in Seattle and attended Ingraham High School.

Johnson graduated from Harvard
University with a B.A. in economics and obtained his law degree from the
University of Washington.

He spent two years in the United States Army, Ninth Infantry
Division, including serving as that Division's Top Secret control
officer and Dive Team commander.

Johnson next spent 20 years
serving as a Washington state assistant attorney general, heading first
the Fish and Wildlife Division and later the Special Litigation Division
with responsibility for legal services to 25 state agencies and for
major litigation involving the state.

He served as counsel for the environment and personally tried major
cases involving power dams and nuclear facilities to protect fish and
wildlife. Also of high importance were elections-related constitutional
cases, many of which went to the Washington or United States Supreme
Court.
Upon leaving the Attorney General's Office in 1993, Johnson enjoyed a
successful private practice in Olympia, where he practiced until his
election to the Supreme Court.

"Unfortunately, we can no
longer rely on our present political system alone to safeguard our
freedoms," Johnson said, "because politicians are too often the ones
eroding those freedoms in the first place. We need organizations like
the Freedom Foundation to ask the right questions and demand the right
answers."

Jim Johnson is the most courageous man I know. For 35 years, he's
battled the liberal juggernaut in our state on behalf of individuals
whose liberties were threatened.
The Freedom Foundation was a force to be reckoned with before. The
addition of Justice James Johnson makes us all the more formidable."
For Freedom,

U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Pro-Lifers, Free Speech

by Bethany Monk

In a unanimous ruling today, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a
Massachusetts law that limited pro-lifers from talking to people
entering abortion facilities.
Signed in 2007, the law required a 35-foot “buffer zone” around
abortion sellers. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed suit a year
later on behalf of a group pro-lifers. The group, many of whom are
grandparents, simply want to provide information on abortion
alternatives, and offer support to those who want it.
“Americans have the freedom to talk to whomever they please on public
sidewalks,” said attorney Mark Rienzi. “The Supreme Court has affirmed a
critical freedom that has been an essential part of American life since
the nation’s founding.”
ADF petitioned the Supreme Court to hear the case after a federal
appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling in favor of the law.
In today’s ruling, the nation’s high court underscores the pro-lifers’ constitutional rights to share their ideas in public:

It is no accident that public streets and sidewalks have
developed as venues for the exchange of ideas. Even today, they remain
one of the few places where a speaker can be confident that he is not
simply preaching to the choir…. In light of the First Amendment’s
purpose “to preserve an uninhibited marketplace of ideas in which truth
will ultimately prevail…,” this aspect of traditional public fora is a
virtue, not a vice.

The Christian Medical Association (CMA) filed a friend-of-the-court
brief — along with other faith-based organizations — in support of the
pro-lifers.
“The Court simply reaffirmed that the First Amendment’s protection of
peaceful speech and assembly is a cornerstone of this nation,” said the
group’s CEO Dr. David Stevens. “Hopefully such decisions will begin to
address the alarming growth of coercive assaults on the free speech of
anyone deemed not politically correct by the government.”
Andrew Kloster, legal fellow with The Heritage Foundation, agrees. He
called today’s decision a win both for pro-life advocates and the First
Amendment.
“And yet it is another 9-0 less for the Obama administration, which
weighed in on behalf of the State of Massachusetts,” he said. “Further,
it puts states on notice that they cannot pass sweeping laws based on
narrow justifications — if safety is the concern, pass a law that deals
specifically with safety and only with safety. Don’t pass a law that
criminalizes the speech of many peaceful innocent protestors. And in
those states that seek to burden sidewalk counselors and other pro-life
protestors — there’s the next First Amendment lawsuit waiting to be
filed.”Pictured above: Eleanor McCullen, who spearheaded the complaint McCullen v. Coakley.FOR MORE INFORMATIONRead the U.S. Supreme Court Opinion in McCullen v. Coakley.Watch a video of ADF attorney Matt Bowman talking about the case outside the U.S. Supreme Court.

Supreme Court: Obama Violated Constitution

They really need to get Obama under control.
Check it out: The Supreme Court delivered a blow Thursday to President Obama, ruling that he went too far in making recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board.
In a unanimous decision, the high court sided with Senate Republicans
and limited the president’s power to fill high-level vacancies with
temporary appointments. It was the first-ever Supreme Court test
involving the long-standing practice of presidents naming appointees
when the Senate is in recess.
In this case, Obama had argued that the Senate was on an extended
holiday break when he filled slots at the NLRB in 2012. He argued the
brief sessions it held every three days were a sham that was intended to
prevent him from filling the seats.
The justices rejected that argument, though, declaring the Senate was not actually in a formal recess when Obama acted. Justice Stephen Breyer said in his majority opinion that a
congressional break has to last at least 10 days to be considered a
recess under the Constitution.

Right now you'll never guess who is on Air Force One with President Obama..... Al Franken.

Yup. Obama's favorite "puppet" in the Senate is sharing a flight with him on Air
Force One to Minnesota where they plan to spread their liberal propaganda together across the state.

You may remember Al
Franken. He was elected to the Senate in 2009 after a disputed recount.
He
won by about 300 votes, "discovered" several months after the actual
election. And his vote, cast within a few weeks of his arrival in DC,
was the 60th deciding vote to pass Obamacare. Without his vote,
Obamacare never would have passed.
Now in his first re-election attempt since 2009, Al
knows this election will be extremely tough and is trying to line up all
of
the support he can.

Why will this
election be tough for Al? Because MichelePAC is going to be supporting his Republican opponent and making certain Al, and "rubber
stamps" to the liberal Obama agenda like him around the country do not get re-elected.

Al Franken and Barack Obama are two peas in a Democrat pod. The two
of
them would love to continue working together in Washington to push
through more terrible legislation like Obamacare. And he and Obama plan
to pass
more liberal legislation like amnesty, gun control, job destroying taxes
and regulations, and more. Legislation that will destroy our great
country.
We together cannot afford this duo making any more decisions that will
negatively impact our children and grandchildren's future.

MichelePAC will continue to work around the clock to
elect
candidates who share our conservative patriotic beliefs, and will
replace liberal destructive blowhards like Al Franken. But we can only
do so if we
have your partnership and support right now. It won't be easy, but we
cannot stop the fight to save this beloved country.

P.S. It's no surprise that Al Franken wanted Obama's
support for his campaign. The two are a match made in Democrat heaven.
But now is our time to stand up for our conservative values and make
certain
that Al Franken is not victorious this fall. His liberal policies and
rubber stamp vote for anything Obama puts forward must come to an end.
MichelePAC is working to identify federal races across the
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The Stealth Of A Government

Once again the “handwriting is on the wall.” Over the past five years we have witnessed the escalation of attacks “of our government, by our government and for our government.” They have come in the form of degenerating our military; opening our borders to millions of illegal aliens; together with the National
Education Administration mandating sexual deviancy in our schools; demanding individuals and companies to pay for government insurance that violates their very consciences against murder (abortion). Arming every federal agency with enough firepower to equal our standing Army is a red flag that should be recognized by every one that this administration is up to no good. Awarding FEMA contracts to house and feed the millions of alien children without their parents who are actually invited to cross our southern border, instead of securing it as all other countries do, is one of President Obama’s latest tactics to throw beds of spikes across the Republicans’ highway.

While the House wrestles with Benghazi, Fast and Furious, IRS scandal, Eric Holder’s Justice Department’s refusal to enforce laws enacted by Congress, our seventeen trillion dollar debt … do we need more examples of malfeasance in office before the treason of this administration is recognized?

I am not one to yell FIRE in a theater, but anyone with ears to hear and eyes to see should be able to recognize that the move toward nationwide use of unmanned drones to monitor every move of small groups of people assembling for any reason at all could be almost the last straw to deny the general population of peaceable assembly and freedom of movement. This is the plan – it has been from the start – from an alleged illegal alien elected as president. All the strategy of this administration has been to keep throwing so many new embers in this conflagration that those who are rightfully elected to govern wander around in confusion and total inability to recognize the arsonist and put out his
flame. Beside that, he is utterly protected by a complicit Justice Department and all the other department heads whose leftist philosophies fit snugly in with his own vision of an eviscerated United States, empowered terrorists, funded abortionists, squelched Christians’ freedom of religion … and, again, the list is intended to be endless, until this country
marches into the family of third world shambles.

Day is ending; night is drawing near. It is time for all of us to beware the encroaching evil pressing upon us. Schools used to be honorable institutions of learning; now they are used primarily to indoctrinate children of impressionable minds to accept deviant behavior, Common Core propaganda, encouraged to
reveal all family secrets to the “Third Reich” school “dictators.” This is not a pretty picture. It’s time for those who still love this country to rise to the occasion. Run for office; support honorable candidates; volunteer to spread the message of those who will sacrifice several years of their lives to get this train back on track. At this point, the whole railbed may need rebuilding – there are men and women out there
who would relish the contract. Let’s put feet to the solution.

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Distinctive Doctrine

Distinctive Doctrine is my fourth book to be published as a self-published print on demand edition. It deals with a topic that is a passion of mine. After salvation in Christ, the next important thing in a believer's life should be finding a true New Testament local congregation in which to serve the Lord. How do you know which one is the right one? It is simple. Take a look at the doctrine and practice of the churches of the New Testament and look for one that has the same landmarks. Having been a Pastor of a fundamental sovereign grace independent landmark Baptist Church for over 35 years, naturally I write from that position. I hope many readers take many blessings from the reading of this latest effort.

The Obedience of a Christian Man

Most folks know of William Tyndale as the man who translated the first English Bible, which - with certain royal guidelines, was used to transcribe the 1611 edition authorized by King James. The “Obedience of a Christian Man” was a primer on Christian living that was used to spark what is called the English Reformation. It is a practical book on how we are to live as believers. Children are to obey their parents, servants are to obey their masters and husbands are to love their wives as Christ loved His Congregation. The wife is to be in subjection to her own husband as the Congregation is to Christ, and the King is to rule in God’s stead over the realm according to the Law of God, not after his own imagination. Tyndale wrote in the days when the “divine right of the King” was the mindset. The idea of Natural Law (which agrees with scripture) is the best rule for the commonwealth of society was only beginning to develop. In America, since 1776, the so-called “divine right of the King” belongs to WE THE PEOPLE. Tyndale taught that if the secular rulers command us to do evil, we are to disobey saying we are commanded otherwise of God. He also exposed the hypocrisy and wickedness of the powerful religious institution in control at that time and how the leaders of that hierarchy set aside the holy scripture for their lies and man made traditions.

One Vote

I have liked Dr. Ben Carson from the very first time I heard him speak at the Prayer Breakfast in Washington D.C. When he criticized the "Affordable Care Act" with Mr. Obama sitting only a few seats away from him, I thought to myself, this Dr. is a true patriot. The more I heard of him the more I liked him. When Americans all across the country started "clamoring" RUN BEN RUN, I joined in with them. His autobiography GIFTED HANDS is a must read (you should at least rent the movie). ONE VOTE is a very practical book with a lot of info in it. You can get a free copy of it in the form of an e-book. I was thrilled to hear the Dr. announce his candidacy in the 2016 race for the White House. If he only gets 17% of the "black vote" he cannot lose. He is my choice and he has my ONE VOTE.

Gifted Hands

This book is the Ben Carson Story, an autobiography. I first learned about Dr. Carson after hearing his remarks at a national prayer breakfast in Washington D.C. in which he warned about the dangers and complications that would come from the passing of the Affordable Care Act commonly called Obama Care. For a while after that prayer breakfast speech Dr. Carson attracted a lot of media attention for his bold remarks in the presence of President Obama. The more questions he answered in interviews the more conservative patriots in America liked what they heard and many asked the question, would you consider running for President in 2016? Dr. Carson responded that he had no desire to do that but if there was a clamoring by the voters for him to do it; he would have to consider it. Soon there was a movement called “Run Ben Run” to show the good Doctor there was indeed a clamoring for him to run. This book also is a movie and is available on DVD. The book however goes into much more detail about events in Ben’s life. Ben was raised in poverty. His mother, a single parent in Detroit, Michigan having only a 3rd grade education, brought him and his brother Curtis up to be an outstanding Engineer and a world renowned Pediatric Neurosurgeon. Dr. Carson is most well known for putting a surgical team together from Johns Hopkins Hospital to successfully separate Patrick and Benjamin Binder, Siamese twins joined at the head in 1987. The book tells of several other surgeries and because they all deal with children in hopeless condition, it is quite an emotional read. After reading Gifted Hands, I am convinced that Dr. Carson is what we need in the White House, to turn America back onto the right path again. When I say that, the first objection usually offered is, “He has no political experience.” My answer to that is, “That is precisely why I like him. It is the professional politicians that have gotten us into the mess we are in today and someone like Ben Carson would be a breath of fresh air.” The bean counters in the “Run Ben Run” campaign have crunched the numbers and determined that if Ben runs for President in 2016 and only gets 17% of the “black vote” he cannot lose.

Life of Washington

Here is 295 pages, including appendixes, of historic biography that is not butchered by modern day secular revisionists. It was originally published in 1842 by the American Sunday School Union and is filled with quotes directly from the very journals of Washington and anecdotes given by eyewitness accounts of events in the life of the father of our nation. If there is one book that gives a true and honest account of the life of Washington, this is it. This volume has tenderness about it even though it is set in very troublesome times. There is often insight as to how the patriotic women of the revolutionary days helped behind the scenes and the relationship between Washington and his revered mother is an aspect of the story that is thoughtfully penned. The story of the treason of Benedict Arnold showed in particular how the providence of God prevented that chapter from being much more harmful to the Colonists than it was at the time. The modern political correct crowd will literally freak out when they read how easy it is to write the truth about the Christian influence in the lives of American founding fathers like General George Washington.

I have the hard copy of Grudem's book discussed here. It is available now in electronic format. Heard about it at a local non-partisan political activist meetup group I've been involved with. Bought it on the cheap through Alibris. Took it with me to a conference on "Understanding the Times" back in May of 2011 sponsored by Family Research Council and Watchmen on the Wall. Grudem was one of the speakers. Got him to sign my copy. :) I think it is well outlined and a great reference. I think the first chapter is worth the Kindle $4.99 price. It comes from a biblical world view and is therefore more conservative than liberal on several points. The only negative reviews I've seen are from obvious leftists who scoffed at the biblical references and call it a mere Republican 101 Primer. ”

American Politics

I met the author at a local non-partisan politically active meet-up group. We had a lot in common and when I heard he had written this book I grabbed it. Roy is an active duty Army Chaplain and worked on this book while deployed in Afghanistan. The book begins with some dated references to the Presidential campaign of 2012 but has some valid points that lead to the conclusion. Many American conservatives find it incredible that at this late date our country seems blind to the move toward a totalitarian form of government in what was the land of the free. Using scripture and un-rewritten U.S. history, Roy makes the case that God is not a Socialist and approves of a republican form of government. He shows how our founding fathers were God-fearing men who saw the providence of God at work in the establishment of America. The last chapters reveal a domino affect leading to a “last resort” which we are rapidly approaching. This is a passionate and patriotic call to action. When he signed my book, Roy said, “Our freedom wasn’t free. We can either vote or fight to keep it. I’d rather vote.”

If It Is'nt Close, They Can't Cheat.

“First of all, this book is dated because it was written in the heat of the 2004 United States Election. But it has some very good information in it, none the less. You should read it for the sake of knowing the basics of modern day politics in America. The basic difference between a D and a R is this: one will get us killed and the other wants to kill those that are trying to kill us. The Culture of Corruption is blatant in D.C. but it is particularly championed by the party thatproclaimed in 2000 that they will do ANYTHING to win. The people have an uphill battle keeping good officials in office when our elections are unfairly tallied due to rigged ballot boxes and intimidation at the poles by leftist thugs, big labor, Community activist organizations, misleading left of center main stream media polls and the likes. Look where the six main political persuasions fall in the two main parties: three in one and three in the other. See them lined up side by side to get the big picture of modern politics.”

BIAS by Bernard Goldberg

Bernie states the obvious in this book. The book is ten years old and although the truth of it is generally seen in all quarters, even today it is still ignored or denied by Bernie’s old friends in the main stream media. Goldberg himself confesses that he has been a lifetime voter on the left side of the ticket. As a journalist however, he is willing to speak out regarding the fact that a liberal bias is the mindset of most of our media elite. He tried many times to show the need for a less slanted view of the news from within the machinery of CBS but finally resorted to writing and editorial article on the subject in the Wall Street Journal. His career at CBS was doomed. They blackballed him right away. Then dabbled with him for a while and finally let him retire with his pension. I highly recommend this book not because of the obvious truth of it but that we may better understand why the elite of the media continue as they do. They honestly do not think that they are leftists. To understand that statement, you must read the explanation in the words of a career liberal journalist who only wants people to face the facts.

Common Sense, The Rights of Man

Common Sense, Rights of Man. and other essential writings of Thomas Paine.Signet Classics 200th Anniversary Edition.

378 pages of very enlightened and inspiring words. Paine was friends with Ben Franklin and other great men of that era. Even Edmond Burke in England was a friend of Paine until 1790 and their debate on the French Revolution. Common Sense was originally published in pamphlet form and was used greatly to inspire the American Colonialists to sever ties with England. The Crisis begins with the famous quote, “These are the times that try men’s souls.” It was read by George Washington, and the American soldiers, by order of the General, to help bolster moral in some of the dark days of the revolution. The Rights of Man was the lengthiest piece in the book and was a defense of the French Revolution against remarks made by Edmund Burke in England. The Age of Reason was the most discouraging piece in the book for me as Paine acclaims his deism, and although raised as a Quaker, his skepticism becomes overbearing.

The Anti-Federalist Papers

Here is 406 pages about some of the most important events in the history of America. The decade of 1770 – 1780 was a crucial time. After the Revolutionary War and the break from Briton, most modern Americans do not realize how much thought, discussion and debate occurred in the establishment of the founding documents of the Constitution. After the Declaration of Independence and the Colonial Rebellion, a Constitutional Convention was held by our founding fathers to draft the founding documents of our nation in 1787. Until that time, our national politics was based on the Articles of Confederation 1777. A copy of this document is in the appendix of this book. The draft of the Constitution that came out of the convention was the result of great debate and that was only the beginning. Some of our founders saw the need for a stronger central government. They were called Federalists. Their arguments in favor of the immediate ratification of the draft presented by the Constitutional Convention are found in The Federalist Papers. These are articles written and published in newspapers and sometimes in pamphlets for the citizens to read. Not having radio & television this is how we learned about the political issues in those days. In answer to the Federalist articles, there were the Anti-Federalists who also wrote responses called the Anti-Federalist Papers against the immediate ratification of the Constitution voicing concern of the loss of liberty to a government that might turn into what we fought to free ourselves from in the revolution. Federalists like Alexander Hamilton wrote articles under the pen name Publius and Anti-Federalists like Patrick Henry wrote under other names like Brutus. Although the Anti-Federalists lost the debate, we have them to thank for the Bill of Rights being added as amendments our Constitution.

Original Intent

This is a very important book for people of faith to read regarding what has happened to the religious climate of public modern America. Unbelieving haters of biblical standards have taken over America from within. By rewriting and or ignoring the original intent of the authors of the founding documents of America, a so-called politically correct movement has corrupted the American way by usurping every branch of our government and is turning our constitutional republic of free citizens into a socialist democracy that is subservient to the elitists of globalism. Learn about the misleading metaphor used in this arena and read the actual quotes of the founding fathers in contrast to what modern politicians, activists and justices say about Christianity in the public square.

Backfired

This is a great book for showing how the doctrine and practice of “Tolerance” began in the Colonies of what became the United States of America. In modern thought, tolerance is putting up with somebody or something that is irritating or unpleasant to you. However, as surely as historical revisionists have rewritten American History, the original definition of tolerance has changed too. Webster’s 1828 Dictionary of The English Language defined it as – Allowance of religious opinions and modes of worship in a State when they are different from those of the established church… For example, the Protestant religion might be tolerated in France and the Roman Catholic religion might be tolerated in England. Tolerance did not begin in Saudi Arabia where it still means the death penalty if someone converts from Islam to another religion. Nor did it come out of Communist China or the former atheistic Soviet Union where those who believed differently than the State had to meet in underground groups or be killed or imprisoned. It did not come from Medieval Europe, the Middle East, Africa or the Far East. Tolerance is an American Judeo-Christian contribution to the world. The reason the old definition of tolerance is important is because in the 15-1700’s, what ever the King believed the kingdom had to practice or be persecuted or flee. Many of those who fled came to North America where the concept of toleration began to grow. The first Colonists were Separatists and Puritans from England who did not immediately start to offer toleration to others mainly because they still feared that if others gained power it would rekindle the persecution from which they had fled. More and more pilgrims began to flee the religious persecution of Europe and slowly but surely the Colonists began to realize that if they expected others to tolerate them then they must also tolerate others. The book shows a list of where different denominations had settlements in the Colonies of the 1600’s. In early America, the Puritans began to tolerate other Protestants and Separatists, then Catholics, then any who professed Christianity, then Jews, and in time, all Monotheists, then polytheists and other non-Christian religions, and eventually anti-religionists and atheists. This, of course, all took time but here is the rub. Our tolerance has evolved to where the modern “Politically Correct” crowd has taken control of our government and reversed the role of tolerance. We are at the place now where God, the Bible and Christianity are banned from the public square in America, especially in our public schools. Even worse, people of faith are being forced to legitimatize acts like abortion and immoral lifestyles that are offensive to their conscience or else be branded as “intolerant” and suffer penalty under new laws that pervert the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. As the early Pilgrims feared, the government has once again become tyrannical, this time, not by the so-called divine right of the King but in the name of pseudo tolerance. Those who brought tolerance to the world are no longer tolerated. Where did we go wrong? How did this all BACK FIRE on the people of God and the Bible? Those that attack the Bible, public prayer and the display of religious symbols say they are doing it in the name of tolerance but the real question is – Are they not the ones that are being intolerant? Tolerance does not come by lowering our standards or forcing people to approve what is wrong in their heart.

Holy Bible KJV

I've been reading this book yearly for many years and I NEVER get tired of it. I believe it is the inspired word of God. God is real and God has spoken. God does not LIE. God has revealed to us His will in the 66 books of the Bible. All other books, people, lives and things must be judged on the basis of what is said in THIS one book. LJK

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About Me

Killion is an Irish name that means grandson of war but I am a lover. Dad was a career soldier. I was born at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma but grew up all over the place. Saved 1958. Married 1965. Surrendered to preach 1974. Bi-vocational preacher recently retired from secular job with Transit agency in Tacoma, Washington. Pastor of The Lords Baptist Church. Two daughters. Four grandchildren. One Great-grandson. Author.